Tending the Temple Daily

Is it a take over? Or a falling away? Hagia Sophia was built between 532 and 537AD as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey. It was converted into a mosque following the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. The Chora Church was originally built between 330 and 336 AD as a monastery, it first because a mosque during the Ottoman Era. It became a museum in 1945, and now a mosque again, since 2020. Church buildings repurposed as mosques isn't new. And I'm positive that the symbolism isn't an accident, it sends a message of conquest. In modern times, across Europe and now North America, churches are being converted to mosques as well. And the symbolism isn't lost on the current Christian population. While there is no official exact count, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding tracked 3,100+ churches in the US have been converted to mosques. But why?  Dwindling Christian congregations and local church closures have led to empty buildings being s...

  I was just watching a video. It's of a father being interviewed, he is looking at a photo of his son as a child. That same son, now "transitioned" to a female was sitting next to him. The father's eyes welled up with tears, his voice cracked as he struggled to answer the question proposed to him. "What are you feeling as you look at this photo?" He shook his head slowly, blinking the tears away. "Is this what you wanted for your child?" Holding back a sob, he said,  "I only wanted my child to be happy." It got me to thinking. I might be a bad mom,  I don't recall ever praying for my children's happiness. I have prayed for their health.  I have prayed for them to make good choices, wisdom. I have fasted and prayed for divine intervention when necessary. But more than anything I pray daily for my children, grandchildren, in laws, and all bonus family. My clan, tribe, or pack, if you will. I pray that each of them has their name wr...

  I got that woosey-pit-of-my-stomach feeling again. It's been about a week now. I have come along way in understanding what this feeling is. It comes out of nowhere. I know something is not right. To what degree something is wrong, I can't tell. But it is spiritual. It could be something in the natural as well, but whatever it is has caused a ripple in the Spirit.  Up till fairly recently I just didn't understand what was going on, so I brushed it off. I'd go through the check list: #1 have I said or done something that is an unrepentant offense? #2 is everyone in the family ok? #3 How about outside the family? #4 Have I forgotten something important? #5 I ask Yah, show me if it's within me. #6 I check the world events, is there a tragedy? A flood? A hurricane? An earthquake? Multiple earthquakes? Sometimes I get a sense I've nailed it, but other times I have to wait, seek His Word, and wait. I have come to see that it's a Spiritual Gift, if I wait I will k...

Hebrews 5:12 For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that uses milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.  It's not a salvation issue!!!  Have you heard that one? Only a billion times, lol. Calling attention to continued sin by believers is not well received. Listen, it's not that obeying the dietary restrictions, Sabbath, Holy Days, or any of the instructions are "salvation issues", but they are, for sure, discipleship issues. Yahusha appears to be concerned about even the least of the instructions in Matthew 5:7  Anyone who breaks even the least of the Law of Moses and teaches people not to do what it says, will be ca...

If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...it might be a duck.  I was just listening to Clayton Morris of Redacted News interview a guy about weather geoengineering. Yeah, it is exactly what it sounds like. Weather modification or weather control. There, apparently, are several ways that technology can be used for evil, and sadly is. The reduction of the population of earth via a systematic destruction of the earth itself. This interview sent the message that the earth has suffered devastating damage far beyond the general public's knowledge.  (Link below) Waddle, Waddle, Waddle. Next, the other day I was listening to Megan Kelly. In the conversation she had with her guest, they covered the declining fertility amongst all living things. Then the odd occurrences of animals changing genders...yes, you read that correctly. From fish and frogs, to cougars. Male animals developing eggs instead of sperm. ( also a link provided) As was discussed, in this sit-down, the medical ...

  For a long time I thought I was alone.  People who understood the entire Bible was true and applicable today, were so very few and far in-between. This was at the beginning of the Internet, all I was exposed to was email, chat rooms, My Space lol, and some individual websites. I, at least, had contact with a couple of patient teachers. The internet, blessing and curse, made the world smaller and more complicated at the same time. The internet showed that this faith, which considers the Torah to be instructions for discipleship and life, was growing. And with growth came the wolves, false prophets, and every kind of deceiver imaginable.   I am so thankful for my friends. After a lifetime of acquaintances crossing my path, I can count my true friends on one hand. Sometimes this faith walk of the Natsarim is lonely. I suspect that's the wilderness part. Thank goodness for the internet for education and fellowship. I have good Christian friends right here in my commun...